Peterson's Diagnostic Test

Well that didn't go as well as I had hoped. There I was, a few hours ago, thinking that this was going to be a piece of cake. Well, to be fair, it wasn't as hard as I thought. Section 1 was difficult at first, but after getting used to the multiple choice questions, I was fine. I was surprised at how similar all of the questions were. The Pride and Prejudice passage was probably the easiest thing to analyze. After all, that wasn't the first time I was asked to analyze a passage like that. I realized that my main struggle was poetry. This coming school year, something I should definitely work on is analyzing and recognizing the structure and styles of poems. So overall, section 1 wasn't a complete failure. I did find some things that I am good at, and some things that I will need to improve on. Section 2 on the other hand, didn't go so well. I realized that I need to become more familiar with more literary elements. Of course I know some of them from past English classes, but not enough to write a good essay on the elements used. This diagnostic test could have gone a lot better, but I am confident that in the next year I will improve my skills tremendously.